Service difficulty report · Exciter · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
December 10, 2020
Submitted
December 15, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N588AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35685
Aircraft time
47,168 hours, 14,080 cycles
Part
Exciter
Part number
38880587
Part serial
130782
Condition
Faulty
Location
Apu
Part time
5,038 hours, 8,683 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

WHILE ACCOMPLISHING APU DEPRESERVATION APU WOULD NOT START. GROUNDED-YES. APU BITE SHOWED MESSAGE 49-41011, NO FLAME SHUTDOWN. INITIATED B737-800 FIM 49-40 TASK 802. IGNITER NOT AUDIBLE. REPLACED IGNITER AND IGNITER LEADS, REF B737-800 AMM 4-41-51 AND 49-41-52. NO HELP FAULT REMAINS. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU IGNITION UNIT, PER AMM 49-41-31. OPERATIONS TEST GOOD, NO FAULTS NOTED.